26 DECEMBER 1868, Page 25

The Little Gipsy. By Elie Sauvage. Illustrated by Lorenz Frolich.

Translated by Anna Blackwell. (Griffith and Farraa.)—A charming little tale, with some of the most effective illustrations we have ever seen from Lorenz Frolich's delicate, graceful, and humorous pencil. Look at the scene in the market-place of Darmstadt, at page 76, where Minnie is dancing, and the burgomaster, leaning on his thick, ivory- headed cane, is looking on in the front of the German crowd,—nothing could be better than the expression of comfortable admiration on the worthy old burgomaster's face, and the vivid interest expressed in the various faces of the crowd, some of them making remarks to each other on the child's dancing, while the old-fashioned, gabled houses stand round behind as a background. But all the illustrations are good, and almost equally good, some in one way and some in another, some for pathos and simplicity, some for humour and vivacity. The tale itself, too, is very pretty, and a charming gift for children.